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The U.S. Department of Transportation¿s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) today announced it ordered Kinder Morgan Energy Partners (KMEP) to address a recent increase in incidents along its hazardous liquids pipeline system. The agency issued a Corrective...
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Brigham A. McCown currently serves as the first Deputy Administrator of the newly created Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) at the U.S. Department of Transportation. He was appointed to his current position in the Bush Administration on June 27, 2005.
For small ripples (i.e., incipient buckles or wrinkles) which exhibit no cracks, no repair is required if the crest-to-trough height, h, meets one of the following criteria where the maximum operating hoop stress, S, is as shown. The absence of any cracks shall be confirmed using magnetic...
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PHMSA Issues Corrective Action Order to Belle Fourche Pipeline Following Early December Leak. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) today issued a Corrective Action Order (CAO) directing Belle Fourche Pipeline...
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WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) today announced the appointment of 24 members to the new pipeline safety Voluntary Information-Sharing System (VIS) Working Group. The VIS Working Group is a newly...
PHMSA Issues Safety Advisory on Use of DOT-39 Cylinders for Liquefied Flammable Compressed Gas. The U.S. Department of Transportation's (U.S. DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) today issued a safety advisory informing offerors or anyone using a DOT...
WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) issued an interim final rule (IFR) that revises the Federal pipeline safety regulations to address safety issues related to downhole facilities, including...